The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has dissociated himself from a certain Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID), which has planned fundraising dinner for the candidate’s 2023 campaign.
Atiku, in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, said neither him nor his campaign organisation authorised any fundraising event to be held on his behalf or that of his campaign organisation.
According to him, the Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID) is a body/organisation unknown to him.
“The general public is hereby notified that the aforementioned Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID) is not in any way affiliated or related to Atiku Abubakar and the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, and has not been mandated or authorised in any way whatsoever to represent the candidate or his campaign in any matter whatsoever.
“In line with the foregoing, any person or organisation dealing with the aforementioned Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID) and/or its Campaign Coordinator/President or indeed with any other organization for the purposes of raising funds for our presidential candidate does so at their own risk and responsibility,” it said.
